Can a small park hold some of the most breathtaking natural beauty in the state? Woods Bay State Park in Olanta, South Carolina, may be compact, but its unique landscapes and serene atmosphere make it ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt soon.